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E-Merlin "Super-Telescope" Switched On

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the ip-over-avian-carrier-would-have-been-better dept.

Smivs writes to tell us that one of the world's most powerful telescope arrays has been switched on with great success. Seven radio telescopes in the UK have been linked with optical fiber, replacing the older microwave tech that connected them previously. One researcher compared the move to a broadband upgrade from dial-up. Research teams will now be able to do in one day what previously took them three years.

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  1. shocking by sgt+scrub · · Score: 3, Funny

    The UK can link telescopes together with fiber but my ISP, billion dollar company, cant get me fios 5 miles south of downtown Dallas. Sigh.

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    1. Re:shocking by Hmmm2000 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Simple solution, put a telescope in your back yard, and E-Merlin will hook you up with fiber asap!

    2. Re:shocking by camperdave · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm sure if you cough up 80 million pounds (116 million US$) like these guys did, that there would be plenty of ISPs willing to run FIOS to your home.

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    3. Re:shocking by Lord+Bitman · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah, when the little guys like the UK are out-pacing billion-dollar companies, what is the world coming to?

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  2. So... by XPeter · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did they find my little green friends yet? ;)

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    1. Re:So... by chill · · Score: 4, Funny

      This is Slashdot. You expect us to believe you have friends? Okay, okay. You did say "green" and not "girl", so maybe...

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    2. Re:So... by Fluffeh · · Score: 4, Funny

      Okay, okay. You did say "green" and not "girl", so maybe...

      I believe you just clarified his "left" and his "right".

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